1.0The Art of Creative Writinghttps://www.anneskyvington.com.auAnne Skyvingtonhttps://www.anneskyvington.com.au/author/askyvington/Flame Trees ... Jimmy Barnes - The Art of Creative Writingrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DSRv2r09H8"><a href="https://www.anneskyvington.com.au/flame-trees/">Flame Trees … Jimmy Barnes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.anneskyvington.com.au/flame-trees/embed/#?secret=DSRv2r09H8" width="600" height="338" title="“Flame Trees … Jimmy Barnes” — The Art of Creative Writing" data-secret="DSRv2r09H8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.anneskyvington.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/australian-flame-tree-2.jpg1170780“Flame Trees” was sung by Jimmy Barnes to commemorate Australia Day on 26th January this year (2016). The song depicts for me the two sides of Grafton, its  polarities. This town is the setting for my memoir “River Girl” that I intend to publish in the near future. We lived outside the main town at […]